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figure at from a drawing furnished him by Bosc. 
Leconte has given the latest and most detailed ac- 
count of it, establishing three principal varieties, 
in one of which the spots, as well as the yellow 
on the thighs, disappear altogether." 
The specimen I possess was captured in Roxbury. 
Buro. Laurenti. 
Generic characters. Head, short; jaws without 
teeth ; tympanum visible ; behind the ear is a large 
glandular tumour, having visible pores ; body short, 
thick, swollen, covered. with warts or papillae ; pos- 
terior extremities but slightly elongated. 
B. Americanus. The common Toad. 
Harlan’s Med. and Phys. Res. p. 109. 
N. A. Herpetol. vol. i. p. 75. 
This very common species is beginning to be 
looked upon by the horticulturalist in the light of a 
benefactor, and by many is carefully preserved on 
their grounds for the benefits it affords them by 
feeding upon noxious insects. 7 ; 
A fine specimen, three inches in length, furnishes 
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inches. Body, bro mottled with black 
TO blotches ; its whole upper surface covered with 
- prominent tubercles; those upon the back, larger; 
beneath, granulated, yellowish, sprinkled with black 
spots. Head large ; superciliary ridges prominent ; 
tympanum small, light colored, with an irregular 
